Plunkett's Real Estate and Construction Industry Almanac

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PLUNKETT'S REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2009 CONTENTS A Short Real Estate & Construction Industry Glossary i Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Real Estate & Construction Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Real Estate and Construction Industry 7 2) Subprime and Alt-A Mortgages/Foreclosures Burn Overburdened Homeowners 10 3) Refinancing May Soar in 2009 12 4) Mortgage Origination Fees Fall/Online Competition Changes the Industry 13 5) Home Sales Slow but A Rebound is in Sight 13 6) Global Housing Markets Crashed and Remain Soft 15 7) Real Estate Goes Online 15 8) Internet-Based Home Sales and Cheap Commissions Rock Residential Brokers 16 9) Homes and Commercial Buildings Go Green 17 10) Las Vegas Hotel Construction Boom Slows While Housing Sales Plummet 19 11) Prefabricated Housing Causes a Stir 20 12) Baby Boomers Become a Strong Influence in the Housing Market/Universal Design Catches On 21 13) Commercial Construction Looks Promising in Some Sectors/Commercial Mortgages are in Trouble and Vacancies Soar 21 14) Real Estate Markets in China and India Fall 22 15) Mixed-Use Developments Go Vertical 23 16) Shopping Center Tenants Face Slow Sales/Store Closings Force Landlords to Become Creative 24 17) Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated 25 18) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat 26 19) Apartment Houses Face Higher Vacancy Rates 27 20) Hotel Occupancy Rates Fall/Pod Rooms Grow in Popularity 27 21) New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Development are Retro Trends 28 22) Megapolitans Will Define America of the Future/Mega-Regions Defined Internationally 29 23) Destination Club Membership Growth Is Checked 29 24) Remodeling Slows/Home Sizes Shrink 30 Chapter 2: Real Estate & Construction Industry Statistics 32 Real Estate & Construction Industry Overview 33 Value of U.S. Private Construction Put in Place: 2002-2008 34 Value of U.S. Public Construction Put in Place: 2002-2008 36 Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the U.S.: 2007-2008 37 Financial Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): 2004-2008 38 Liabilities & Assets, U.S. Agency- & Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE)-Backed Securities by Holder: 2004-2008 39 Commercial, Residential & Farm Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2004-2008 40 Commercial Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2004-2008 41 Home Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2004-2008 42 Farm Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2004-2008 43 New Privately-Owned Housing Starts, U.S.: 1980-2008 44 Homeownership Rates by Region, U.S.: 1995-2008 45 Homeownership Rates by Race & Ethnicity of Householder, U.S.: 2001-2008 46 Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder, U.S.: Selected Years, 1985-2008 47 Median & Average Sales Price of New Single Family Homes by Region, U.S.: 1985-2008 48 New Single Family Homes Sold by Region, U.S.: 1985-2008 49 New Houses Sold by Type of Financing, U.S.: 1988-2008 50 New Single Family Homes for Sale at End of Period, by Region, U.S.: 1985-2008 51 Placements of New Manufactured Homes, U.S.: 1995-2008 52 Price Deflator (Fisher) Index of New One-Family Houses Under Construction, U.S.: 1970-March 2009 53 Constant Quality (Laspeyres) Price Index of New One-Family Houses Under Construction, U.S.: 1970-March 2009 54 Constant Quality (Laspeyres) Price Index of New One-Family Houses Sold Including Value of Lot, U.S.: 1970-2008 55 Absorption Rates of U.S. Privately Financed, Nonsubsidized, Unfurnished Rental Apartments: 2002-3rd Quarter 2008 56 Absorption Rates of U.S. Condominium & Cooperative Apartments: 2002-3rd Quarter 2008 58 Rental & Homeowner Vacancy Rates by Area, U.S.: 1995-2008 60 Hotel Industry Figures, U.S.: 2004-2008 61 U.S. Construction Industry Employment: 2003-2008 62 Miscellaneous Real Estate & Construction Industry Employment, U.S.: 2003-2008 63 Chapter 3: Important Real Estate & Construction Industry Contacts 64 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE REAL ESTATE 400: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 91 Industry List, With Codes 92 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 94 Alphabetical Index 105 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 109 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 113 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 114 Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 127 Individual Profiles on each of THE REAL ESTATE 400 131 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 542 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 544